diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
index 3d8543bf38..7f9f71492d 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
   when: prepare_base_image is defined
 
 - name: install the latest mock and mock-core-configs from updates-testing
-  package: state=present name={{ item }}
+  package: state=present name={{ packages }}
   with_items:
-  - https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/mock/2.2/1.fc31/noarch/mock-2.2-1.fc31.noarch.rpm
-  - https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/mock-core-configs/32.6/1.fc31/noarch/mock-core-configs-32.6-1.fc31.noarch.rpm
+  vars:
+    packages:
+    - https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/mock/2.2/1.fc31/noarch/mock-2.2-1.fc31.noarch.rpm
+    - https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/mock-core-configs/32.6/1.fc31/noarch/mock-core-configs-32.6-1.fc31.noarch.rpm
   when:
   - devel